Respect! I Can Stick Up for Myself

I was very unhappy and depressed before I came to LIS. I came from Mexico with my baby girl. When I came to this country, there was a job waiting for me in Oklahoma. I was a housekeeper/nanny for a family who lived on a farm. No one spoke Spanish. Everything was new and strange. I was used to a Catholic home environment where our church was our life. We lived on a farm out in the country and there was no way for me to get into town. During the 1 ½ years I lived there, I never left the house or the property, and I was unable to have Hispanic friends or to speak Spanish. I was very lonely. Read More

2017-08-05T16:03:03+00:00

I was very unhappy and depressed before I came to LIS. I came from Mexico with my baby girl. When I came to this country, there was a job waiting for me in Oklahoma. I was a housekeeper/nanny for a family who lived on a farm. No one spoke Spanish. Everything was new and strange. I was used to a Catholic home environment where our church was our life. We lived on a farm out in the country and there was no way for me to get into town. During the 1 ½ years I lived there, I never left the house or the property, and I was unable to have Hispanic friends or to speak Spanish. I was very lonely. Read More

An American Dream Come True

I’m from China. My family moved to New York when I was 19. We lived in Chinatown. Everyone spoke Chinese where I worked at the store, where I bought groceries, and everywhere else I would go. I even got a driver’s license in Chinese!

There wasn’t a need for English in New York, but without English I felt trapped in Chinatown. I wanted more. I always felt like I was standing on the outside watching people do things that I could not. When I had the opportunity to come to Minnesota I seized it because I knew I would be able to go to school. It was my turn.... Read More

2016-02-08T21:41:35+00:00

I’m from China. My family moved to New York when I was 19. We lived in Chinatown. Everyone spoke Chinese where I worked at the store, where I bought groceries, and everywhere else I would go. I even got a driver’s license in Chinese! There wasn’t a need for English in New York, but without English I felt trapped in Chinatown. I wanted more. I always felt like I was standing on the outside watching people do things that I could not. When I had the opportunity to come to Minnesota I seized it because I knew I would be able to go to school. It was my turn.... Read More